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A Conversation About Lawyers and Depression

A Conversation About Lawyers and Depression

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Toya Gavin
May 16, 2018
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I’ll just come right out and say that this blog post was difficult to write.  Certainly, a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I blame online entrepreneurship.

I love online entrepreneurship for so many reasons.  I believe that as a solo, the internet should be your friend, and one of the tenets of that friend (the internet) is being vulnerable and authentic as you share what you know to help others.  I believe in this tenet.  I started my online legal practice because of this tenet.  I wrote a post on Solo Practice University about being single as a solo because of this tenet, and I still have people reaching out to me today because of it.

So as I come out the other side of my first major depressive episode, an episode that last for a little over a year, I thought that I should write about it because it might help another lawyer feel less alone.  And it’s clear that we lawyers, need to talk about mental health.  Here are some staggering statistics for you:

  • Depression among la…

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